A power plant to generate forty megawatts of electricity from solid waste will be set up in Lahore.

To this effect, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority today approved the grant of generation license to Lahore Xingzhong Renewable Energy Company (Private) Limited.

The project will deploy state of the art incineration type generation facility and the most suitable waste to energy technology.

Successful implementation of the project will solve waste disposal problems and challenges of limited space for landfills and gas emissions resulting in cleaner cities and healthy life.

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